7. CteSALPJNU.] 42. CMSALPINIACEM. 



A small tree with Bmall and few or no prickles. Pinnae 

 10-12 prs. 



Planted at Ranchi and Hazaribagh. Fls. r. g. 

 Leaflets sessile close $-f oblong oblique, 10-20- prs. Fls. yellow. 

 Pod 3-4" by 1£", polished, indehiscent, wider and beaked above. 



3. C- pulcherrima, Swartz. Peacock-flower. 



A large erect shrub, handsome when young, but becoming straggling 

 and unsightly when old, glabrous, with 6-9 .prs. of pinnae and 10-12 

 prs. of leaflets £-f" long and gaudy terminal panicles of yellow or scarlet 

 flowers. Pod thin strap-shaped. A common garden plant. Fls. r, 8. 



4. C. Nuga, Ait. Syn. C. panicnlata, Roxb. 



In the Him. Journals Sir J. D. Hooker writes : " On the way I found 

 the C. panicnlata, a magnificent climber, festooning the trees with its 

 dark glossy foliage and gorgeous racemes of orange blossoms." This was 

 in Hazaribagh, not far from Parasnath, but it is the only record of this 

 species in Chota Nagpur. Fls. c. ». and h. s. 



5. C. digyna, Rottl. Umul-kuchi, Beng. 



A large scrambling prickly shrub' with 5-10 prs. of 

 pinnse and 7-10 prs. of close oblong leaflets £•§" long 

 appressed hairy beneath and slightly above. Flowers showy 

 yellow in simple axillary or extra -axillary racemes. Pod 

 oblong 1-2'' thick fleshy 1-4-seeded, stipitate, crovrned by the 

 long style. 



Dhipa (Singbhum), Gamble ; Gangpur near the Brahmini B. ; ravines 

 and hedges in northern Santal Parganabs. Fls. July- Oct. Fr. Jany.- 

 March. 



L. rachis 5-8'' fulvous hairy with geminate prickles. Finnae 1^-2* 

 with a distinct stalk £-$'' long. Peduncle 3-7". Pedicels l-l?'' long with 

 very oblique spreading truncate calyx-tube in fruit. 



6. C. Sepiaria, Roxb. Uchay, K. (f. Gamble). 



An extensive shrub rambling or climbing by means of 

 the recurved prickles on the stems and leaf rachis with 8-10 

 prs. of opp. pinnae each with 6-12 prs. of broadly oblong 

 leaflets \-l" long, and simple racemes of showy sulphur- 

 yellow flowers §-|" diam., the smaller 5th petal often with 

 red lines. Pod 2^-4J" rigid, tardily dehiscent, cuspidate 



